Tuesday, November 5, 2013

When I am deep in
a manuscript I try to read against type for two reasons: (1) so I don’t let
another author’s voice bleed into mine and (2) to give my brain a rest. I want
something that’s a great combination of hot chocolate and Jack Daniel’s-soothing
and biting. (I know, I know, but it works for me.)

I read a lot. When
I get in bed at night after writing all day that’s my time to relax and
transport myself. I collect a lot of authors but there are three that are
better than hot chocolate, Jack Daniel’s and tranquilizers for me, because I
lose myself in the wonderful writing and it smooth’s out the wrinkles of the
day.

I found Marie
Force’s McCarthy’s of Gansett Island
series when Book #1, Maid For Love,
was free on BookBub (hint-a great sales tool). I have since bought every book
in the series and have the latest one on preorder. Marie tells the stories of
the wonderful McCarthy family on an island similar to Block Island off the
coast of Providence, RI. Meet the hot men and the women they love. There is
nothing boilerplate about these stories. The people are real and you will fall
in love with them. As much as I love finding new authors, I reread these books‑at
least parts of them-over and over.

With more than 1 million ebooks sold since Maid for Love
debuted in 2011, the New York Times bestselling McCarthys of Gansett
Island Series has become one of the most beloved romance series available
today. Yes, indeed. Check her out at https://marieforce.com

Along the same line is the Wild Irish series by Mari Carr. I bought the first book because
she’s a friend of mine and I like to support my friends. Little did I know I
would fall head over heels in love with the Collins family and become as
addicted to them as I am to Marie Force’s McCarthy family.

The stories center around the traditional nursery rhyme, Monday’s
Child.

Monday’s child is fair of face,

Tuesday’s child is full of grace,

Wednesday’s child is full of woe,

Thursday’s child has far to go,

Friday’s child is loving and giving,

Saturday’s child works hard for a living,

But the child who is born on the Sabbath
day,

Is bonny and blithe and good and gay

Each
story is built around one member of the Collins family. They each have unique
personalities and very unique needs. But what ties them all together is their
total commitment to family and to each other. Again, I find myself rereading
them, or parts of them, over and over because they make me feel so good.

Find
Mari at http://maricarr.com

And
for a total change of pace I am totally in love with Debra Webb’s Faces of
Evil series. These stories center around former FBI agent Jess Harris, back
in her home town of Birmingham, AL after her career implodes, and police chief
Dan Burnett, her once and present love. Debra really knows how to make these
two characters come alive, convey their battles and challenges and their
struggle to find the basis for their relationship in the conflict of their jobs
and past history.

Another
reason I like these books is because Jess and Dan are in their forties. They’ve
seen a lot of life, they come to this with a lot of baggage and they take they
relationship seriously. Although each book has its own thriller story, there is
a continuing thread about the deranged stalker plaguing Jess and the
bloodthirsty trail he leaves for her to follow. You will not be able to put
these books down.

2 comments:

Seems like books set in family situations are getting popular. I've enjoyed Franzen's 'Corrections' and 'Freedom'. Both works examine family dynamics, but Freedom perhaps a little more engrossing because there wasn't much to like about any of the characters in 'Corrections'.

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